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This week's tablehopper: a passage from India.                     A Chowpatty beach night vendor. Namaskar! After three remarkable weeks in Southern India, I am back! Well, almost: I am still making my way through 1,300 emails and 2,500 RSS feed headlines, but I’m getting close. And this…

This week's tablehopper: virtually speaking. Yo. Well, if all goes according to plan, you are receiving this while I am getting tan on a beach in Goa. I hope that’s exactly what is happening. Regards from India, Marcia Gagliardi the chatterbox Gossip & News (the word on…

This week's tablehopper: this is your captain speaking.                     Green papaya salad. Happy New Year, folks! Hope yours was a blast, and hangover-free (mine, not so much—oops). Last week was amazing—the highlight for me was definitely the sold-out tablehopper “Pho La La La La” supper at Pot…

This week's tablehopper: a decadent end to the decade.                     Wild/foraged chanterelles. Weird, it really is the end of a decade… Can’t believe it’s been ten years since we were all freaking out over whether our computers were going to blow up on the Millennium. Meanwhile,…

This week's tablehopper: happy (alco-)holidays!                     Holiday cocktailing at Jardinière. Why ho ho ho hello there. How you doing? Enjoying the holiday season? Getting your fill of latkes, egg nog, and sugar cookies? Speaking of sweet treats, I gotta hand it to my father, who manages to get…

This week's tablehopper: back in the saddle.                     Fried chicken sandwich from Naked Lunch. Right on, is what I say. I haven’t quite made it to the clubhouse turn, but I’m definitely feeling more on the normal side of things. Kinda perky. Can’t drive yet, but…

This week's tablehopper: hey fruitcake. Yo yo yo (or should that be ho ho ho?). Thanks to everyone for the nice notes about the new tablehopper newsletter format and website—so glad you dig it. Things will continue to be tweaked and fine-tuned and super-charged in coming weeks,…

This week's tablehopper: House Party Hey gang, sorry I disappeared last week—I literally bit off more than I could chew. (And no, I’m not talking about Thanksgiving.) After 188 newsletters, and close to four years of saluting your inbox every Tuesday afternoon (well, almost, heh), it…